Part X Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Miscellaneous provisions

130GF1Arrangements under section 130E for Welsh qualifying informal patients

1

The help available to a Welsh qualifying informal patient under arrangements under section 130E shall include help in obtaining information about and understanding–

a

what (if any) medical treatment is given to him or is proposed or discussed in his case;

b

why it is given, proposed or discussed;

c

the authority under which it is, or would be, given.

2

The help available under the arrangements to a Welsh qualifying informal patient shall also include–

a

help (by way of representation or otherwise)–

i

for patients who wish to become involved, or more involved, in decisions made about their care or treatment, or care or treatment generally;

ii

for patients who wish to complain about their care or treatment;

b

the provision of information about other services which are or may be available to the patient;

c

other help specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.